Statistics:
Books by month | |||||||
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January | 15 | April | 5 | July | 15 | October | 14 |
February | 15 | May | 6 | August | 14 | November | 20 |
March | 9 | June | 6 | September | 7 | December | 11 |
Books by genre | |||||
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Fiction | 33 | Science fiction | 1 | Plays/scripts | – |
Non-fiction | 46 | Comics/manga | 14 | Mystery | 14 |
Children’s/youth | 10 | Fantasy | 19 | Poetry | – |
Totals & averages | |||
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Books in Swedish | 66 | Pages in Swedish | 21,880 |
Books in English | 71 | Pages in English | 31,005 |
Books total | 137 | Pages total | 52,885 |
Books/month | 11.4 | Pages/month | 4,407 |
Pages/book | 386 | ||
Top five most read authors:
- Robin Hobb (7 books)
- Sanami Matoh (7 books)
- JK Rowling (5 books)
- Elizabeth George (4 books)
- Val McDermid (4 books)
Booklist 2006:
In italics means it’s a re-read.
Underlined means a book recommended to me.
(title; author, language [eng = English, swe = Swedish], number of pages)
January
- Koka makaroner: om att bli pappa; Johan Nilsson, swe, 128
- Stenen voor een Ransuil; Maarten ‘t Hart, swe, 190
- Tillbaka till Iran; Azar Mahloujian, swe, 149
- The Wasp Factory; Iain Banks, swe, 250
- Tommyland; Tommy Lee with Anthony Bozza, eng, 269
- Mannen som elsket Yngve; Tore Renberg, swe, 394
- Fight Club; Chuck Palahniuk, eng, 208
- The Jane Austen Book Club; Karen Joy Fowler, eng, 288
- Jane Austen: The World of Her Novels; Deirdre Le Faye, eng, 320
- Thud!; Terry Pratchett, eng, 373
- Grupp 8 och jag; Gunilla Thorgren, swe, 312
- A Hat Full of Sky; Terry Pratchett, eng, 352
- The Eyre Affair; Jasper Fforde, eng, 385
- Sorgfågel: Annika Östberg berättar sitt liv; Lena Katarina Swanberg, swe, 363
- Pride & Prejudice; Jane Austen, eng, 399
February
- The Hornblower Companion; CS Forester, eng, 140
- James Dean: Footsteps of a Giant; Wolfgang Fuchs, eng, 127
- Ewan McGregor: From Junkie to Jedi; Brian J Robb, eng, 128
- Tjock!; Jenny Dahlberg, swe, 158
- Johnny Depp: A Modern Rebel; Brian J Robb, eng, 192
- Hur många gånger kan man döda en man?; Raymond Paredes-Ahlgren, swe, 324
- James Dean: A Biography; John Howlett, eng, 176
- The Vampire Book: The Encyclopedia of the Undead; J Gordon Melton, eng, 919
- The Portrait of a Lady; Henry James, eng, 544
- Cut; Patricia McCormick, eng, 151
- The Stand; Stephen King, swe, 1176
- Girl With a Pearl Earring; Tracy Chevalier, eng, 309
- Choke; Chuck Palahniuk, eng, 293
- Vi skulle få leva här: om muren i Palestina; Andreas Malm & Ursula Berge (editors), swe, 256
- Arthur & George; Julian Barnes, eng, 360
March
- The Diary of Miss Idilia; Genevieve Hill, swe, 226
- The Making of Pride and Prejudice; Sue Birtwistle & Susie Conklin, eng, 120
- Will They Ever Trust Us Again?; Michael Moore (editor), swe, 282
- A Breath of Snow and Ashes; Diana Gabaldon, eng, 980
- Osobyje porutjenija; Boris Akunin, swe, 335
- The Cutting Room; Louise Welsh, swe, 405
- Havets stråtrövare; Robert Hermansson, swe, 230
- How Sex Changed: A History of Transsexuality in the United States; Joanne Meyerowitz, eng, 383
- The Great Influenza: The Epic Story of the Deadliest Plague in History; John M Barry, eng, 563
April
- Going Postal; Terry Pratchett, eng, 474
- Stonewall: The Riots That Sparked the Gay Revolution; David Carter, eng, 352
- The Encyclopedia of Unusual Sex Practices; Brenda Love, eng, 349
- The Visual Encyclopedia of Serial Killers; Nigel Blundell & Susan Blackhall, eng, 448
- Dancing with the Virgins; Stephen Booth, swe, 430
May
- Fast Food Nation; Eric Schlosser, swe, 485
- Snabbläsning: vägen till effektivare läsning; Niklas Johansson, swe, 84
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince; JK Rowling, eng, 607
- The Mad Ship; Robin Hobb, eng, 906
- The Nanny Diaries; Emma McLaughlin & Nicola Kraus, eng, 307
- Ship of Destiny; Robin Hobb, eng, 903
June
- Shaman’s Crossing; Robin Hobb, eng, 533
- The Wire in the Blood; Val McDermid, swe, 382
- The Last Temptation; Val McDermid, swe, 431
- The Torment of Others; Val McDermid, swe, 348
- Royal Assassin; Robin Hobb, eng, 752
- Utvandrarna & Invandrarna; Vilhelm Moberg, swe, 940
July
- Gone With the Wind; Margaret Mitchell, eng, 1011
- Scarlett; Alexandra Ripley, swe, 879
- Payment in Blood; Elizabeth George, swe, 341
- Well-Schooled in Murder; Elizabeth George, swe, 398
- Solprinsen; Per Nilsson, swe, 174
- Dumpad; Per Brinkemo, swe, 237
- Ninas resa: en överlevnadsberättelse; Lena Einhorn, swe, 221
- Det femte laboratoriet; Erik Thulin, swe, 312
- Nygyggarna; Vilhelm Moberg, swe, 631
- Sista brevet till Sverige; Vilhelm Moberg, swe 317
- Hanteringen av odöda; John Ajvide Lindqvist, swe, 334
- Sharon and My Mother-in-Law; Suad Amiry, swe, 328
- The Death Collector; Justin Richards, eng, 320
- Sånt är livet: om vetenskapens sökande efter livets början; Roland Poirier Martinsson, swe, 348
- Piece of My Heart; Peter Robinson, eng, 440
August
- Kvinnor och våld: en mångtydig kulturhistoria; Eva Österberg & Marie Lindstedt Cronberg (editors), swe, 341
- Playing For the Ashes; Elizabeth George, swe, 612
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince; JK Rowling, eng, 607
- Fans; Fredrik Strage, swe, 332
- Ghost World; Daniel Clowes, eng, 80
- A Traitor to Memory; Elizabeth George, swe, 720
- The Secret of Platform 13; Eva Ibbotson, swe, 184
- Big Bang eller Varde ljus? Skapelsemyten som pseudovetenskap; Maria Gunther Axelsson, swe, 140
- Forest Mage; Robin Hobb, eng, 660
- Det heta könet: gynekologin i Sverige kring förra sekelskiftet; Ulrika Nilsson, swe, 412
- Hatar Gud bögar?; Lars Gårdfeldt, swe, 312
- Modern Jihad: Tracing the Dollars Behind the Terror Networks; Loretta Napoleoni, swe, 415
- Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil; John Berendt, eng, 389
- Maurice; EM Forster, eng, 222
September
- Kira Kira Hikaru; Kaori Ekuni, swe, 176
- Astrid och hon, Liv; Johan Unenge, swe, 159
- Familjegraven; Katarina Mazetti, swe, 206
- Aimee & Jaguar: Eine Frauenliebe Berlin 1943; Erica Fischer, swe, 292
- As Meat Loves Salt; Maria McCann, eng, 536
- The History of Torture; Brian Innes, eng, 192
- The Lost Language of Cranes; David Leavitt, eng, 319
October
- Henrietta är min hemlighet; Maja Hjertzell, swe, 175
- Expert på att rodna; Katarina von Bredow, swe, 306
- A Dead Man in Deptford; Anthony Burgess, swe, 276
- No Tears for Queers; Johan Hilton, swe, 336
- Den hotfulla kärleken; Svante Norrhem, swe, 256
- Murder Mysteries; Neil Gaiman & P Craig Russell, eng, 64
- All Families Are Psychotic; Douglas Coupland, swe, 398
- Vem är Björn och vem är Benny och andra intressanta mysterier; Fredrik Lindström & Hasse Pihl, swe, 208
- JPod; Douglas Coupland, eng, 451
- The Grave Tattoo; Val McDermid, swe, 429
- Jätten i spegeln; Helene Arkhem, swe, 207
- Barnens Marknad; Karl Ã…gerup, swe, 228
- Syskonkärlek; Katarina von Bredow, swe, 288
- Duktig pojke; Inger Edelfeldt, swe, 208
November
- Vit som marmor; Carina Burman, swe, 340
- A Countess Below Stairs; Eva Ibbotson, swe, 302
- Fake: Volume 1; Sanami Matoh, eng, 212
- Fake: Volume 2; Sanami Matoh, eng, 206
- Fake: Volume 3; Sanami Matoh, eng, 186
- Fake: Volume 4; Sanami Matoh, eng, 170
- Fake: Volume 5; Sanami Matoh, eng, 185
- Fake: Volume 6; Sanami Matoh, eng, 191
- Fake: Volume 7; Sanami Matoh, eng, 161
- Eerie Queerie: Volume 1; Shuri Shiozu, eng, 211
- Eerie Queerie: Volume 2; Shuri Shiozu, eng, 179
- Eerie Queerie: Volume 3; Shuri Shiozu, eng, 193
- Eerie Queerie: Volume 4; Shuri Shiozu, eng, 181
- At Swim, Two Boys; Jamie O’Neill, eng, 643
- Räcker det om jag älskar dig?; Katarina von Bredow, swe, 268
- Erik Dahlbergsgatan 30; Annika Ruth Persson, swe, 263
- Brideshead Revisited; Evelyn Waugh, eng, 332
- The Knife Man: Blood, Body-Snatching and the Birth of Modern Surgery; Wendy Moore, eng, 655
- Fool’s Fate; Robin Hobb, eng, 805
- Practical Homicide Investigation; Vernon J Geberth, eng, 942
December
- A Tale of Two Cities; Charles Dickens, eng, 416
- Ship of Magic; Robin Hobb, eng, 828
- Emma: Volume 1; Kaoru Mori, swe, 214 pages
- Vanity Fair; William Makepeace Thackeray, eng, 1007
- Something Muffins: mer Broken English; Stewart Clark, swe, 79
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire; JK Rowling, eng, 636
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix; JK Rowling, eng, 766
- The Historian; Elizabeth Kostova, eng, 714
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince; JK Rowling, eng, 607
- Mélusine; Sarah Monette, eng, 490
- The Lord of the Rings; JRR Tolkien, eng, 1188